iPhone 13 Lineup Appears to Feature Significantly Larger Battery Capacities

[acousticbiker]

If this is true and they add a telephoto lens to the Mini, I am in!

 

[CarlJ]

The only green technology coming from Apple these days is in the form of cash in their bank accounts. If Apple cares so much about the environment, they would stop their yearly iPhone updates and move to updates every 2-3 years. Why couldn’t the 12s be 5G and have the bigger batteries? Why, because they need a feature to sell each year. I’m sure I’ll get a lot of dislikes from those who love getting a new Max each year thinking it’s so great and Apple is being so innovating, but in reality Apple is making calculated decisions on what new feature they release each so that they can milk the dead smartphone business until their car is ready. Change my mind.

If you’re buying a new iPhone every year, you’re doing it wrong. Or are you saying you’re hopelessly addicted to buying new phones and can’t help yourself and need Apple to keep you from being tempted by not making new models available each year? Easier/better for everyone concerned to just upgrade when you actually need to (old phone breaks or is missing some feature you actually need). I’m still using and iPhone 8.

 

[PC_tech]

My 12 Pro Max has fantastic battery life.

Of course it does .....

 

[MacRazySwe]

Me when Apple releases iPhone 13....

 

[d686546s]

"The ‌iPhone 12 mini‌, which is the smallest ‌iPhone‌ Apple has made to date, has performed poorly in sales compared to the other models." - it might be because of the fact that the iPhone mini (despite it is called mini) is still too big and too heavy compared to the original iPhone SE (20% heavier than SE). If it were smaller and lighter, the sales figures would be certainly much, much higher.
And thank you Apple, because of the larger battery capacity the new iPhone 13 will be even heavier.

"Certainly much, much higher" -- Don't get this the wrong way, I really wished Apple would make a phone for you small-phone aficionados, but don't kid yourself into thinking those buying the SE for its size were ever a really significant amount of people. Price drove sales probably more than size did, and for these people the 2020 SE or the Mini, and probably the XR, 11 or regular 12, were just as acceptable.

I would bet that the number of folks for whom the Mini is truly too big is a small number compared to those not buying the Mini because the regular 12 is only slightly more, or who bought a 2020 SE or an iPhone 11.

The idea that there's this massive untapped market out there for really small phones, and that this market would forego the Mini to buy (what exactly?) without seeing the writing on the wall that this is as small as it gets for now with Apple, is laughable.

I'm sorry. I feel with and for you because I hate the phablet trend as much as the next guy, although the 2016 SE is too small for me, but better make peace with reality.

 

[poematik13]

It's probably to compensate for the 120hz screen.

 

[DesignTime]

If you’re buying a new iPhone every year, you’re doing it wrong. Or are you saying you’re hopelessly addicted to buying new phones and can’t help yourself and need Apple to keep you from being tempted by not making new models available each year? Easier/better for everyone concerned to just upgrade when you actually need to (old phone breaks or is missing some feature you actually need). I’m still using and iPhone 8.

I haven’t upgraded for years and don’t plan to until my phone breaks. I’m saying from a marketing standpoint making mirror updates every year just to sale more phones isn’t green.

 

[doboy]

Man, more saggy pants/shorts

 

[Populus]

"iPhone 13–iOS 14.6 Ready"

Actually, I am wondering if this increase in battery size will be “compensated” with a more energy demanding iOS 15.

I wish this is not the case.

 

[snipr125]

Looking forward to my day 1 iphone 13 mini purchase. Nice to see will have a slightly larger battery along with the rest of the 13 range. No news what so ever about Touch ID though, so I guess we won’t be getting that this year which is a disappointment.

 

[felixroqu3]

still no solid news about Touch ID

Oh my god. Move on!

 

[killr_b]

lol just a heavier phone so you can have >slightly< smother scrolling

 

[jayducharme]

I don't understand the complaints about the mini's poor battery life. Mine easily is lasting a day or two between charges. Maybe some people keep Facebook running in the background all day.

 

[Hexley]

I would be extremely surprised, as it would be the first time that apple didn't develop a new core for a new iPhone.

The A15 will be based on the same core design as the M2, and will appear in iphone 13.

I say this as 2021 iPad Pro uses the M1. So not a big leap if they'll use it as well.

Economies of scale baby!

 

[MallardDuck]

My 12 Pro Max has fantastic battery life.

and comes with a free phone papoose so you can carry it around too ;-)

 

[mrongey]

figures........

sod the iPhone 12 buyers....... how about coming up with a higher capacity battery that can be fitted into existing iPhone 12 devices via a paid swap out appointment - am sure a lot would appreciate that. I'm not dropping another £1k+ for a new phone for the sake of an hour extra battery life.

You must have missed the part where the new phones will be thicker.

 

[satchmo]

Sounds like ProMotion only in the Pro models.

Which is ideal for the iPhone 13 Mini since it has the smallest battery.

 

[kazmac]

We'll see if this actually translates to better battery life, especially if the Pro models have ProMotion. Glad to read about the Mini in this rumor though.

 

[cmaier]

I say this as 2021 iPad Pro uses the M1. So not a big leap if they'll use it as well.

Economies of scale baby!

But it would barely be an improvement on A14, except for multiple core stuff, which doesn’t matter so much on a phone. People would rightfully be very disappointed if the next iphone has the same chip as this year’s, but with a couple more cores.

The iPad jumped all the way from what was essentially a 2018 chip, A12.

 

[rockosmodurnlif]

So if they do have a newer/better screen, will there be any gain with the bigger battery?

 

[Tmakedon]

Can we just shut that sh+t off to save battery?

Yes there will be a shut off so battery life will be killer, I know Samsung has the option to run it at 60. I’m sure apple will implement that as well.

 

[MikhailT]

I see. In a sense its a bit counter intuitive but I get it.

Its just surprising that throughout the years, all these advancements in the chip didn't really translate to better battery life for everyday tasks. If you do browsing, texts, and some light youtube then in a way your battery life should be much better when comparing iPhone 7 to iPhone SE now but the reality is that my battery life is pretty much the same with any iPhone I've had. So for the average phone user - where are really the advancements between iPhone 7 and iPhone SE (2020) in terms of battery performance?
On my phone I don't really use intensive apps. In reality, it truly is : Whatsapp, some light safari, messenger, mail.

You don't notice the much faster internet downloading and faster website rendering between iPhone 7 and SE? How about less app refreshes when switching between apps?

There are a couple of things:

1. SE has 1GB more memory than iPhone 7 and RAM uses power constantly, so more memory, the more battery it eats up. (I lost 2h battery life in my laptop when I added 32GB more memory to it for an example)
2. You bought SE that's pretty much identical as iPhone 7 but with smaller battery, by ~140mah. The newer phone has a 1,821mAh battery, while the iPhone 7 uses a 1,960mAh.

The efficiency gains every year isn't going to magically give you hours of battery life, we're only talking mere minutes at best. The only meaningful battery life improvement you're going to see is from upgrading to a much bigger battery such as iPhone 12 Max Pro.

 

[LFC2020]

With promotion, we'll all be getting the same battery life as last year 😜

 

[LFC2020]

Yes there will be a shut off so battery life will be killer, I know Samsung has the option to run it at 60. I’m sure apple will implement that as well.

Doesn't matter what samsung does, they'll always have trash battery life when it comes to their mobile phones.

 

[Lemon Olive]

Wow. Pro Max might be the star of the show. We'll need to see the effect of ProMotion on battery life though.

This is entirely the reason for the major update in battery capacity.